Venus and Adonis
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white, over stumped charcoal, on beige paper
Dimensions
13 1/16 x 17 15/16 in. (33.2 x 45.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.124.2
Tags
AdonisVenusDogs
About the Artist
François André Vincent · 1746–1816
French painter and draughtsman. He was one of the principal innovators in French art of the 1770s and 1780s, in the field of both Neo-classical subjects and themes from national history. Comment on works: Portraits; History